Housepassed government funding bill. Now, live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, help us. Turn us back to the paths of integrity and faith. Be for our lawmakers a protecting rock of safety, rescuing them from the powers of evil. Help them to fix their hearts on you, trusting your guidance and wisdom. May love for you be reflected in the ordering of their priorities, as they seek to give you first place in every important decision. Lord, make them servants of your purpose, as they seek to increase the treasures of your kingdom. Satisfy the deepest longings of their hearts. And, lord, in these toxic times, bless america. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, o
The president cant do that. On top of that you have a null gdp report that everyone envisioned. Claims are stubbornly high. That is weighing on investors right now. Spiking case, worldwide whackamole, no sooner control in one country than pops up in another. Germany, the posterchild how you handle a virus is reporting spikes in cases as well. Doesnt seem to be matter if youre welldisciplined on this, it is still a major concern. Right now cases are popping up and deaths increasing at the rate of one every minute across the globe. So well be following all of that. Also following a lot of developments on capitol hill. True to our name, coast to coast. Were watching in washington, d. C. , scramblings and moving as fast as we can getting a stimulus going, as far as dollar amounts. Republican plan. A trillion dollars, still generous but not as generous as the democrats 3 trillion out of the house. Well monitor. That well monitor what is going on in portland and also what happened in Cape Ca
This morning that the economy added 224,000 jobs last month, far more than expected. The Unemployment Rate ticked higher to 3. 7 , in part because more people enter the labor force, but that number is still historically low. And while thi latest jobs report is clearly positive news about the economy, itay make it harder for the Federal Reserve to cut Interest Rates at its meeting later this month, and that sentiment pulled stocks back from their alltime highs we hit onednesday. Do industrials fell 43 points to 26,922. Nasdaq was down 8, the s p slid by 5. Ylan mui h more on americas employment picture from washington. Reporter americas jobe market is ogain red hot. It even surprised president trump. Numbers this t morning. Jobs. K it was 224,000 those were really unexpectedly good. And our countryes contio do really well. Really, really well. So were very happy about it. Reporter businesses across almost every sector of the economy added jobs laston. Professional services added 51,000
the first time the international criminal court of plans to war russia for its actions in ukraine. it ll issue war and several people interrupting from the new york times. and writers. one war crimes cases prompted by russian attacks on the infrastructure like this one targeting train stations last year. there s also accusations of deliberately targeting residential banyan parking lot and kharkiv. they say it only hits military targets. the other case will reportedly focus on the abduction of ukrainian children. like these evacuees from war torn eastern ukraine shown and i mean summer camp. ukraine says unreasonable port from yale university, a documents thousands of kids who were taken to russia, indoctrinated, an adopted from former russian families. which is a war crime. the news continues, erin burnett out front starts next. before the banking system is safe. tonight, president biden moving to calm panicked. americans to banks collapsing in three days. now the spotl
Immigration have we found a good reason to spend our limited Immigration Enforcement resources on dreamers. The premise of daca was and continues to be that we need permanent comprehensive Immigration Reform. But until then, dreamers, who contribute to our society, should be allowed to come out of the shadows and lead healthy, productive lives. Rather than pursuing these young americans, our Immigration Enforcement resources should focus on practical measures that make us safe, not wasteful and symbolic projects like a border wall. We share apprehensions of more illegal entrants. We should incentivize Legal Immigration and make it feasible for people to come here and pursue better opportunities. And im eager to work with my colleagues to craft a tough but fair and comprehensive Immigration Reform package that incorporates good ideas from both sides of the aisle. Until then, however, we accomplish nothing by forcing hundreds of thousands of families who live in fear and regret ever trus